Spott Dreams of Skateparks

Saturday, 24 June 2023

Neenah, Wisconsin

2111 Marathon Ave next to the Police Stn.

A pre-cast ARC park. There's an identical build just outside of Detroit.

Does this count as two parks? Or if I hit both, is it only one park?

Bad-Skatepark-Henge

Appleton WI

Appleton, Wisconsin

Telulah Skatepark or Appleton Skatepark

Depending on who you ask

Located in Telulah Park - 1300 E Newberry St

Amazing park with a great street section and bowl.

Big 'A' for Appleton.

Push button lights and Shade Structures.

Another Bondi Bowl rip

Surfin' Bird Skate Shop is right around the corner @ 137 S Walter St.

Saturday, 17 June 2023

After years of correspondence, I finally made the trip out to Wisconsin to meet Drew. His place is the kind of thing skaters like me dream of. Even though I have my own ramp, I love when other people come skate it to see what they unlock with new eyes. After checking out the collection of decks and memorabilia, we had a sesh on the Barn Ramp before heading outside to skate the Curb Yard.

Drew hooked me up with a sweet room.

The Host with the Most...Curbs!

Drew found this on Apple Maps. Taken in a 3 day period. One of the last shots of the Fit, and taken from space.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor Skatepark

350 N. Maple Rd

a2skatepark.org

A 20000sq/ft park. It has an amoeba bowl, Pool style bowl, 2 more transition based sections, bio-swale, stone features and lots of stairs and rails. It is located in a park with mature trees that provide shade but are far enough back that they don't litter the park with leaves/seeds.

Really great BBQ place right across the street, Ricewood.

Thursday, 1 June 2023

Cornell Community Park

Markham, ON

The skate spot is near Cornell Centre Blvd & Cornell Park Dr.

Here's what I know. CCP has been in development for a number of years. There were rumors of a skatepark for a long time. I was given the heads-up in 2020 that Cornell and Boxgrove were coming. Boxgrove magically appeared. I checked on the status of Cornell and found that the park was ~75% finished and the skate spot was done. I dug into old pdf's & rfp's to find more information. Everytime the skate spot layout would start to load, the file would crash. Eventually, I found the design.

The Horror

It was designed by CRC. I took a closer look. There was something odd because there was nothing odd. The spot design looked pretty good. Confused, I kept an eye out, hoping to learn when the park would open. One day on a drive-by, the park was open and in use. I rode in and went for a rock n' roll and washed out.

"Yeah, It's really slippery" said one of the locals as I dusted myself off.

I haven't been able to find out who did the build, it could have been CRC, the GC that built the whole park or any number of companies that were subcontracted (EDIT - It was NOT constructed by CRC. It was some good skater/skatepark builders who have worked on Newcastle/Boxgrove/Haliburton etc). The parks only issue is that the concrete it TOO polished. Bring your super soft wheels. Even after a winter, the surface is slick.